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Adult Beginners review

Review: ‘Adult Beginners’ Starring Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale

Nick Kroll plays Jake, a self-absorbed entrepreneur who, on the night that his company is about to launch, finds he’s made a huge mistake in getting his product manufactured. Overnight, his company is gone and so is his life. His girlfriend dumps him; his friends and investors hate him, demanding

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Alex of Venice review

Review: Chris Messina’s ‘Alex of Venice’ Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I’d have never guessed that Alex of Venice is Chris Messina‘s directorial debut. The film, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Don Johnson and Derek Luke, is so delicate, sweet and assured that I’d of thought it was the work of someone who’d directed before. Alex is about a workaholic attorney

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Movie Review: Jake Paltrow’s ‘Young Ones’ Starring Michael Shannon, Nichoulas Hoult and Kodi Smit-McPhee

Writer/Director Jake Paltrow must be a huge fan of The Road Warrior because his new film, Young Ones, is a watered down version of George Miller’s classic film. The film is set in the near future where water is the most treasured resource you can have. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon)

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Movie Review: ‘The Last of Robin Hood’ Starring Kevin Kline, Dakota Fanning & Susan Sarandon

Kevin Kline as Errol Flynn is almost no-brainer casting. He’s got the look and can be as suave as anyone on screen. It’s too bad that the script gives him almost nothing to do. The Last of Robin Hood focuses on the last 2 years of Flynn’s life, when the

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Movie Review: ‘Frank’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domnhall Gleeson

Frank, the new film starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domnhall Gleeson, screened at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. It was high on my list of films I wanted to see and I tried everything I could to squeeze it into my schedule. But, I just couldn’t make it happen.

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